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the very top, in some parts patched with rock and little groves,
has a beautiful appearance; especially when contrasted with the
barren scenes on one hand, and the deep shade of a waving wood on
the other. At the foot of this cultivated tract, and on the
margin of the lake, a few white houses, partly concealed by a
grove, look like enchanted seats on a fairy ground. Behind these
a barren bleak mountain frowns in sullen majesty, and down his
furrowed side the Black-beck of Torver rolls its fretted torrent.
Just at your feet lies the oblong rocky isle of Peel; and near it
the dark points of half-immersed rocks just show themselves by
turns. Here is the finest picture of the lake, and when it is
smooth the whole is seen reflected on the shining surface of the
watery mirror. On the western side the coast is steep rocks. The
eastern side is much embayed. The high end of the lake is here in
view, yet it seems to wind both ways behind the opposite
promontories. The range of naked rocks that cross the head of the
lake appear now awful, from their sable hue, and behind them, the
immense mass of Cove, Rydal-head, and many nameless mountains,
have a most stupendous appearance, and seeming inaccessible
height. A succession of pretty bays open to the traveller as he
advances; the banks become more wooded,
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